ITV1’s Appropriate Adult is this year’s most nominated programme in the Arqiva
British Academy Television Awards.

Appropriate Adult, ITV1’s dramatisation of the investigation into serial killer Fred West, is this year’s most nominated programme, picking up four nominations for Leading Actor (Dominic West), Leading Actress (Emily Watson), Supporting Actress (Monica Dolan) and Mini Series.

The BBC's Sherlock and Shane Meadows's This is England '88 tie in second spot, recieving three nominations each.

The ceremony will take place on Sunday 27 May at the Royal Festival Hall and will be hosted by first-time nominee Dara O Briain, who receives a nod in the Entertainment Performance category alongside last year’s Bafta winner and host Graham Norton. They are joined by Alan Carr and two-time winner in this category Harry Hill.

Battling it out in the Best Actor category are Dominic West, who receives his first nomination for his performance as Fred West in Appropriate Adult, alongside Benedict Cumberbatch (for Sherlock) and John Simm (for Exile). This is England's Joseph Gilgun is also nominated for the first time.

And in the Leading Actress category, Vicky McClure is once again nominated for her portrayal of Lol in This is England ‘88, the role she won the Bafta for last year. Romola Garai (The Crimson Petal and the White) and Nadine Marshal (Random) are both first-time nominees, alongside Emily Watson (for Appropriate Adult).

Five-time Bafta winner and Academy Fellow Maggie Smith is nominated in the Supporting Actress category for her performance as the acidic Dowager in Downton Abbey.

The Al Jazeera channel also receives its first nomination in the Current Affairs category for Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark, which documents the struggle that erupted on the streets of Bahrain during the height of the Arab uprisings.

The nominations for the publicly voted YouTube Audience Award were announced on Thursday 19 April. They are: Celebrity Juice, Educating Essex, Fresh Meat, Frozen Planet, The Great British Bake Off and Sherlock. You can vote for your favourite here.